Whisper forecasts of quarterly earnings per share

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-50

  Bagnoli, Mark ^a   Beneish, Messod D ^b   Watts, Susan G ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analyst forecasts; Earnings per share; G14; M41; Whispers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002707532     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(99)00018-X     Document Type: Article

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